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New from Hart Publishing

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Legitimate Expectations in the Common Law World Edited by Matthew Groves and Greg Weeks The recognition and enforcement of legitimate expectations by courts has been a striking feature of English law since R v North and East Devon Health Authority; ex parte Coughlan [2001] 3 QB 213.  Although the substantive form of legitimate expectation adopted in Coughlan was quickly accepted by English courts and received a generally favourable response from public law scholars, the doctrine of that case has largely been rejected in other common law jurisdictions. The central principles of Coughlan have been rejected by courts in common law jurisdictions outside the UK for a range of reasons, such as incompatibility with local constitutional doctrine, or because they mark an undesirable drift towards merits review. The sceptical and critical reception to Coughlan outside England is a striking   contrast to the reception the case received within the UK. This book provides a detailed scholarly analys

Share Knowledge and Thoughts on Law & Food: Still Time to Submitt!

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Call for Paper Extended until February 28 JURIS DIVERSITAS 5 th ANNUAL CONFERENCE July 10-12, 2017 Lyon, France In partnership with EM Lyon & Université Jean Moulin Law & Food La cuisine juridique The Theme: For its 5 th Annual Conference, Juris Diversitas revisits its culinary origins, expressed in the logo. The links between law and food are as old as the concept of law. Babylon, Egypt, Greece, and Rome cared about access to water resources and food, whether it came to trade or protection. Since times immemorial, Bhutan makes sure every citizen has access to a minimal acreage of land to secure food for the family. Whilst religions multiplied food prohibitions and prescriptions, customs redistributed land, shared its occupancy in creative ways, or favored communal property so that everyone had access to food. Laws have multiplied to facilitate food trade, security, safety, traceability, and also to promote and protect food and wine production, using trademarks and geographic

6th Annual International Conference on Law, Regulations and Public Policy (LRPP 2017)

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We invite you/your research students to submit a paper to the 6th Annual International Conference on Law, Regulations and Public Policy (LRPP 2017) which will be held on 5 th - 6 th June 2017 in Singapore. The co-Program Chairs are Dr. Suresh V Nadagoudar, Bangalore University, India and Prof. K.C. Sunny,   University of Kerala, India and the Editor-In-Chief is Prof. Tony Carty, The University of Hong Kong. The extended full paper submission deadline is on 10 th February 2017. Hope that provides adequate time for you to complete the paper submission. If you need more time, please let us know and we will consider on a case by case basis for an extended deadline. LRPP 2017 Highlights: !P          Workshop on !§The Climate Future of Law. How will Climate Change Affect the Future Development of the Cognate Areas of Law, Specifically the Law of Property, Contract and Tort! ‥  by Prof. Paul Babie, The University of Adelaide, Australia. !P          Keynote Addresses !P          Prof. Pau

Job Offer: Visiting Lecturership at the University of Tuscia

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JOB OFFER – VISITING LECTURER  During the Spring Semester of this academic year (2016-2017), the DISTU Department of the University of Tuscia, in its effort to promote the internationalisation of the legal studies, will offer a course on “Civil Law and Common Law Systems: Convergences and Divergences” as part of its Programme in Law.  The course – open to the attendance of undergraduate and doctoral students – will consist of 6 lectures, each one lasting 3 hours, to be held in English, preferably in three consecutive weeks, in the period March-April 2017. The DISTU Department seeks to appoint a foreign (non-Italian) visiting scholar, who will be responsible for the delivery of the course, as well as for the evaluation of the short essays that students will elaborate during the course in order to obtain the certificate and the 10 credits provided for the course. No more than 20 students will attend the course.  The Department has allocated up to a maximum of € 3,000.00 (remuneration, tr

New from Oxford University Press

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Separation of Powers in African Constitutionalism Edited by Charles M. Fombad Stellenbosch Handbooks in African Constitutional Law The first book addressing all the constitutional traditions of the African continent Permits the reader to compare constitutional developments across African nations and worldwide Written from a range of African perspectives, offering expert knowledge of African constitutional law Choice of Law Dean Symeon C. Symeonides Oxford Commentaries on American Law Provides in-depth, sophisticated coverage of the choice-of-law part of Conflicts Law (or Private International Law) as practiced in the U.S., with necessary comparisons with foreign laws Explains the doctrinal and methodological foundations of choice of law and then focuses on its actual  practice , examining not only what courts say but also what they  do Identifies the emerging decisional patterns and formulates predictions about likely outcomes Written by an award winning author and renowned expert in c